Deliberate Creation: Creating Your Life As YOU Want It To Be

Deliberate Creation; what a concept. Sounds wonderful, doesn’t it?

Ah, but how to achieve this, that is the question. I know it can feel sometimes like life has got hold of you, rather than you having a hold of it. Like you are caught up in a rushing current that seems to send you this way and that without your consent, and especially without your enjoyment, maybe even dashing you against the occasional rocky shore or sending you crashing over a gorging waterfall.

We've all been there. We've probably all had our share of rocky, joyless rides and come through on the other side to that smooth ride where we can breathe deeply again, emit sighs of gratitude and take in all the beautiful scenery once more. So how can we get to this better-feeling result without the extremes of the journey? There is no secret, just a simple action.

Pay attention to every time you slip into negative thinking and gently (without any self-reprimand) move yourself into positive thought and action.

That’s right … action. You can’t just think your way through life. Whether you realize it or not, your negative thoughts are actually creating negative action. Inaction is an action. It is a choice to sit still, and sitting is an action (remember that action verbs end in ‘ing’ … even be-ing is do-ing something). And to make things even more interesting, remember that you can either create your life deliberately, or you can create it by default (by leaving it to the "fates").

I know a number of people, myself included, who have chosen to cut television viewing and newspaper reading out of our daily activities altogether. These choices don’t keep all the bad news out of our lives by any means, but they go a long way in moving and aligning us with what we are desiring. By choosing less to take in negative views of the world around us, we open (choose) to take in more positive views of our world. This type of choice of action can be done with any subject matter to start making the shift to a new, better-feeling place.

But there IS more that can be done. We can create mechanisms that will help pivot us from holding negativity and which can and will generate a stream of positivity into our lives! We can use these tools and games to remind us in light-hearted ways of our goals and to feel joy in moving toward them.

So if you are going to bring the lesson of deliberate creation firmly into your bones, into your experience, and create the joyful life you desire, it's time to get in motion in the direction of what you are wanting! It could be as simple as monitoring yourself so that you stay in line with positive thinking. It could be writing down what you want. It could be talking to a friend about your dreams for your life. It could be taking a small step in your wealth-building activities: buying a new wealth book, giving money away (tithing, gifts, donations), or investing in a new business, to name a few.

There is only one way to shift away from something we do not want, and that is to SHIFT, and in particular, to shift to what we are wanting. Get clear. Line up our thoughts and emotions for what we want and never look right or left, but only firmly at our desire and walk toward it. We must not just hope for what we want. We must not start moving toward it and then allow ourselves to be diverted by less important distractions. We must not begin to doubt it is there in our lives already. We must move toward our desires with confidence and joy, seeing their full glory before us and knowing they are ours even before we hold them in our hands. Like Yoda told Luke in one of the most famous movies of our time, "There is no try, only do." Walk towards what you want. It is yours.

Most everyone have heard the famous quote: “If you keep on doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep on getting what you’ve always gotten.” Well, do you like what your life has been offering you so far? Or are you ready for a change?

Make the adjustments in your life that will move you closer to what you are wanting. Why wait? Start now! The only thing that is at stake is your happiness, so if you are willing to compromise your joy another minute or so, I understand, but if it were me … well … gotta go! More shifting to be done!

Until next time,
Affectionately,
CJ